Photos: Bangladesh factory collapse

AP05.10.2013

A survivor lies on a stretcher May 10 after being pulled from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka. Rescue workers in Bangladesh freed the woman buried for 17 days inside the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. Soldiers at the site said her name was Reshma and described her as being in remarkably good shape despite her ordeal.

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The feet of survivor Reshma Begum after she was rescued May 10 from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescue workers in Bangladesh freed the woman buried for 17 days inside the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. Soldiers at the site said her name was Reshma and described her as being in remarkably good shape despite her ordeal.
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Relatives, seen after identifying the body of a loved one killed in last week’s building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on May 3.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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A female survivor is examined on a hospital bed in Dhaka as she was rescued out of a collapsed building in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 10. The woman buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror where the death toll is more than 1,000 and still rising.
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A young Bangladeshi garment worker who was rescued from a building that collapsed sits on a hospital bed with an amputated leg, in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The death toll from last month’s collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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A Bangladeshi man rests May 10 on a pile of debris of a garment factory that collapsed in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh.Ismail Ferdous
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Cranes operated April 29 by Bangladeshi Army personnel following the April 24 collapse of an eight-storey building in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.STRDEL
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Bangladesh’s workers toil in a collapsed garment factory in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 10. The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago near the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000.Ismail Ferdous
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Bangladeshi Army personel continue the second phase of the rescue operation May 10, using heavy equipment after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Bangladeshi firefighters use a crane to inspect the roof of an eight-storey building that collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka May 10.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Bangladeshi workers carry one of many coffins to be used to bury the dead following last week’s building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on May 3.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Relatives gather as rescue workers unload bodies after a building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on May 10. The death toll from last month’s collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 Friday as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Survivor Reshma Begum lies on a stretcher May 10 after being pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her April 24. She raced down a stairwell into the basement, where she became trapped near a Muslim prayer room in a wide pocket that allowed her to survive, she told the private Somoy TV.
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Relatives attempt to identify the bodies of loved ones killed in last week’s building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on May 10. The death toll from last month’s collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Rescuers carry a survivor pulled from the rubble May 10 of a building that collapsed in Saver, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescue workers in Bangladesh freed the woman buried for 17 days inside the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. Soldiers at the site said her name was Reshma and described her as being in remarkably good shape despite her ordeal.
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A survivor lies on a stretcher after being pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, May 10. Rescue workers in Bangladesh freed the woman buried for 17 days inside the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people. Soldiers at the site said her name was Reshma and described her as being in remarkably good shape despite her ordeal.
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Bangladeshi rescuers retrieve garment worker Reshma from the rubble of a collapsed building in Savar on May 10, 17 days after the eight-storey building collapsed.STRDEL
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Relatives gather as rescue workers unload bodies May 10 after a building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The death toll from last month’s collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 Friday as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Rescuers carry survivor Reshma Begum from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 10. Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her April 24. She raced down a stairwell into the basement, where she became trapped near a Muslim prayer room in a wide pocket that allowed her to survive, she told the private Somoy TV.Rahul Talukder
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Bangladeshi garment workers, employed in the building that collapsed a fortnight agos, wait in line to claim their salaries in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka, on May 8. The typical Bangladeshi garment worker takes home less than 40 dollars a month, a wage that Pope Francis has condemned as akin to slave labour.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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A relative reacts after identifying the body of a loved one killed in last week’s building collapse in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Bangladeshi rescuers retrieve garment worker Reshma from the rubble of a collapsed building in Savar on May 10, 17 days after an eight-storey building collapsed.STRDEL
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Bangladeshi rescuers recover bodies as as Bangladeshi Army personel continue the second phase of a rescue operation using heavy equipment May 10.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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People cover their noses as they search through a line of bodies in hopes of identifying their relative at a school turned makeshift morgue for victims of the garment factory building collapse in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh.Ismail Ferdous
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